Teenagers in your children’s ministry
As children’s pastors, we all want ’em. We’ve all got ’em. We’ve all been frustrated with ’em. Often times, we really don’t now what to do with them. Here are the various types of teens...
Read MoreAnother thought on volunteers
Two weeks ago I did a little series on requiring parents to serve. Last Sunday night I was at Taco Bell with one of my volunteers (to me he’s more of a friend than “volunteer”). He had been reading my posts and...
Read MoreRequiring parents to serve: Conclusion
This little series turned out better than I planned. The feedback was incredible with lots of good stuff to think about. The funny thing is that none of this was planned. Coming back from vacation, it’s been a little...
Read MoreRequiring parents to serve: Called to serve?
I’ve been enjoying the conversations with several people about the subject of requiring parents to serve in the children’s ministry. Several of you all shared your opinions here. I shared my opinion here. Several of...
Read MoreRequiring parents to volunteer: My thoughts
Yesterday I wrote this post about parents being required to volunteer. I asked what you thought about it. More people than I expected responded and it seems that most people were against requiring parents to volunteer. What I...
Read MoreRequiring parents to volunteer
While I was on vacation, I got an email from another church asking me the following questions: 1. Do you expect or require parents to volunteer? 2. If so when do you start expecting them (when they become members? after...
Read MoreVolunteer Week – Developing Leaders
So, this week we’ve chatted about a number of volunteer topics: Assessing our volunteer culture Recruiting new volunteers through expos and cold calls Providing an orientation process for new volunteers Training volunteers...
Read MoreVolunteer Week – Training Volunteers
A couple years ago, Kenny and I and our colleagues experimented with training volunteers. We did a big expo and recruited nearly 100 new workers in January. At the end of February, we held a seminar-style training on Saturday...
Read MoreVolunteer Week – Welcoming New Volunteers
One day I called to check on a volunteer. He’d agreed to volunteer, but according to the ministry director, he’d never showed up. Our call went something like this: Me: “Hi. Can I speak to Mr. Jones?”...
Read MoreVolunteer Week – Cold Calling New Recruits
Cold calls. Do those two words make the blood run cold in your veins? Don’t be scared! After all, you wrangle large classrooms of energetic children week after week. If you can do that, you can take on the challenge of a...
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